Who thinks that today’s children are little couch potatoes getting their kicks in the virtual world?! Well, Razor’s Crazy Cart is here to change that. Its electrically powered front tyre can rotate 180° in both directions and thus open up a whole new world of crazy drifting, especially as there are no brakes.
blog.caranddriver.com
Rumour has it that the next Batmobile will be a hybrid. As with the previous movie cars, Warner Bros. strives to have a fully functioning vehicle to use at promotion events. A hybrid would surely be handy as it could cleanly and silently drive on the red carpet. And after all, Batman is one of the good guys!
jalopnik.com
A Chinese man made employees of a car dealership spend their whole morning counting pennies with which he wanted to purchase a new vehicle for 16,000 dollars. After 50,000 yuans (8,000 dollars) his nerves got the better of him and he paid the rest by card. However, he had about 5 tons of coins in his car outside – no wonder he needed a new one with this overload.
ecns.cn
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Surely, it always depends on how you look at things but this owner of an old Volvo estate surely is a spin doctor. His video uses marketing tools usually reserved for only the newest, most expensive and overall best cars, only that he is praising his old Volvo. One of his numerous unique selling points are actually four doorhandles, one of them broken. Buy my car!
youtube.com (video)
This video shows an old Lada easily overtaking a Porsche 911. While the speed and dedication is truly impressive, the sound of whatever it is that powers the Lada roars rather unpleasantly. Maybe the Porsche driver wanted to be taken over and be left in peace and quiet?!
youtube.com
British Airways plans to offer cross-continental flights powered by trash. The airline has partnered with American Solena Fuels to make an annual 50,000 tons of jet fuel by “gasifying” garbage. If all goes to plan (not waste) London to NYC flights could be waste-fuelled by 2017.
treehugger.com
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It probably took the Hungarian police a while to unravel what was in front of their eyes when stopping a VW transporter from Romania. Inside, a stolen BMW X6 had been dismantled and literally stuffed inside the van. What a reduction of residual value!
worldcarfans.com
Chinese researchers are working on the Super-Maglev – a magnetic train that can travel up to 3,000 kph inside a vacuum tube. So far, researchers have built a 6-meter diameter model of the Chinese Hyperloop, which reaches a dizzying top speed of 48 kph. But hey, Elon Musk only has some manuals!
phys.org
Are you already driving electric and ultimately following the rule ‘Burning rubber not oil!’? You might want stop using that great electric torque to scream your tyres before they start screaming at you. Continental is working on a thread sensor that could be telling you off soon!
automobiletechnology.automotive-business-review.com
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This video shows what could just be the typical eBook reader. No, not the kind from Amazon. This one is male, in its mid-twenties and drives a Renault Twizy- all the way into the library.
youtube.com
Especially if you try to perform a 3-way turn with your car in the cargo space of the new Ford Transit transporter. If you make it a 14-ish-way turn and use world’s smallest car – as seen in this video – you might actually succeed. Why all this, you ask? Because you can!
youtube.com
Taking a gas-guzzling SUV off-road is certainly closest to its intended purpose. But taking it off the road and into a canal like in this video, its quite a different story. It is not known how this could happen, but luckily nobody was injured. And this way, another SUV has been taken off our city roads.
youtube.com
Nozzi, the new star of this Tesla video, is a gasoline nozzle that no one seems to need anymore. That makes Nozzi so sad that he gets drunk at a bar! In the end, it still finds its purpose in life. What that is? See for yourself.
youtube.com
Swedish internet provider ume.net made a video to showcase how life would feel like if seen through virtual reality glasses but with a slow internet connection causing a lag of three seconds.
youtube.com (video) via globalpost.com
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Instead of a three-second delay, we at electrive.com will take a four day break as we stay true to our roots in Germany, where Labour Day is traditionally celebrated on the 1st of May, the same as in the U.S. We will be back on Monday, 5th May, regardless of the UK bank holiday. Whenever your May holiday starts or ends, we wish you a truly joyful one!
Researchers from the Swiss Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) together with PSA Peugeot Citroen have developed an on-board emotion detector. It is designed to distinguish only two emotions of a driver: anger and disgust as these could indicate road rage. So next time, give your best smile to the camera – while pushing the pedal or pressing the horn.
techtimes.com
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GoCycle dealer Ben Jaconelli was devastated when his stylish electric folder got stolen in London. However, he received a call at his e-bike store only a few days later by someone asking how to actually charge the GoCycle. But instead of delivering a new charger, Jaconelli paid the thief’s house a visit, where he only met the mother. An hour later, the GoCycle was sent back in a cab.
dailymail.co.uk
It cannot be, fans thought when Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak posted a picture of him and his Tesla Model X on twitter. And while many were still bickering about Elon Musk probably getting the iPhone 6 before anyone else, the secret was finally lifted – the car in the picture is just a display and belongs to no one (yet).
green.autoblog.com, twitter.com
Elio Motors has come up with a rather unusual comparison to measure the low environmental impact of its three-wheeler. According to the company, its trike could drive 20,000 miles and would still emit less carbon dioxide than a cow burping and farting for a whole year.
hybridcars.com
Nissan CEO Andy Palmer expressed his company’s interest in working with Mahindra on charging infrastructure for India. His openness to cooperation was echoed by Dr.Pawan Goenka of Mahindra who would be “more than happy” to work with the Japanese. Both these niceties, however, were exchanged only via the media. So why not sit down and talk to each other soon?!
autocarpro.in
A thief, who snatched a girl’s handbag on a street in China, must have thought it was his lucky day when a passing scooter driver offered him a ride to escape. The robber soon regretted this hitchhike, however, as his alleged accomplice dropped him off in front of a police station.
mirror.co.uk (with video)
Speeding drivers in Missouri, USA will soon not be captured on speed camera but be shot at with unpleasant sounds from a sound cannon. These ‘acoustical weapons,’ however, are designed to disturb and disorient people – not exactly what you want on a highway!
gizmodo.com
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We hope you stay safe and wish you a jolly Good Friday and happy Easter before we come back with more electrifying news next Tuesday, April 22nd!
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A highway patrol cop recently pulled over a Tesla Model S for speeding. The all star cast of Elon Musk himself, Rebecca Hall and Johnny Depp with Paul Bettany on his lap would normally let anyone forget about the fine and hop in instead. The officer however, resisted the glamour and insisted on the law. In this case, not even a HOV sticker is helping.
thesun.co.uk via transportevolved.com
Mix Aerospace has come up with an idea dreams are made of – a flying car that is electric too. The French company is looking now for funding. The investment needed, however, is a skyrocketing 2,250,000 euros.
indiegogo.com (with video)
Apparently, Henry Ford’s Model T was actually not for everyone. Ford’s wife Clara was not impressed with what her husband got on offer and kept driving her 1914 Detroit Electric. While it is not known what Henry had to say to that, we now know for a fact that his lady had some class!
cleantechnica.com, detroitelectric.org
The Scottish Highlands Council has just spent 82,000 pounds (137,500 dollars) on four charging stations. While the intentions were certainly good – who would want to be stranded in an EV in hilly and chilly Highlands – the outcome is less than ideal as the four stations are only capable of delivering 7 kW AC. The Council now promised to stock up on rapid chargers soon, aye!
transportevolved.com
In New York, Land Rover will present its Discovery Vision Concept that enables the driver to look what lies directly ahead or better underneath. Cameras at the front of the car feed a Head-up display and thus create the illusion of a transparent bonnet. Anticipatory driving has just reached a new level!
puregreencars.com (with video)
Mazda is recalling its Mazda 6 in the USA as the car proves too popular with yellow sac spiders. Attracted by the smell of petrol, the crawling plague weaves webs inside the tank increasing the risk of fire. A Mazda spokesman could not shed light on why the spiders chose Mazda but summarised the situation honestly when admitting to be “terrified.”
bbc.co.uk
The Terra Wind is the dream of campers as it works on land and water. The amphibious motorcoach has a top speed of 80 mph on the highway and 7 knots in the water. While his interior looks like the cockpit of an airplane it has not yet learned how to fly.
camillc.com
Fully Charged’s Robert Llewellyn got behind the wheel of a Tesla Model S and was not prepared for the acceleration. In between cheers of joy and the invocation of god, the comedian could not help himself but finding it -BEEP- phenomenal!
youtube.com (video) via treehugger.com
The ToyoHog used to be a Toyota Prius but has been ripped off his heart. In place of the hybrid drivetrain, a Harley Davidson’s V-twin has been put in. While it is far from pretty or functional, this monster may find some fans in the EU parliament as certainly this hybrid cannot be overheard!
autoblog.com (with video)
